PB Certificate in Secondary Education

Teaching is an exciting and rewarding career for those interested in working with adolescents of many ages to help shape positive learning experiences both academically and socially. Receiving a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Secondary Education will enable you to:

be responsible for the instruction of content in your subject area (see the Forms & Documents tab for a complete list) to adolescents in grades 6 through 12.

meet academic, organizational, behavioral, and professional goals expected of highly qualified teachers in the United States

The goal of the Secondary Education Program is to prepare teachers who are:

Active members of the community who value diverse learners

Collaborative practitioners with the wisdom and capacity for leadership

Caring and effective educators who inspire wonder and imagination

Innovative designers of learning experiences

Reflective about the practice and craft of teaching

Mission

The Secondary Education Program at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa is grounded in our deep passion and commitment to creating an equitable and socially just society. We offer a transformative learning experience that prepares educators to develop deep wisdom for teaching rooted in place and community action as a foundation for sparking students’ wonder and imagination about how to live in the world. We prepare teachers who contribute to crafting schools that inspire and provide students with opportunities to develop dispositions, knowledge, skills, to contribute to problem-solving, reasoning, collaborating, and communicating effectively in order to enact their agency to create a thoughtful and compassionate democratic society.

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